MASAKAZU: A FINE NAGOYA SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE OF A NINGYO (MERMAID) AND CHILD

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MASAKAZU: A FINE NAGOYA SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE OF A NINGYO (MERMAID) AND CHILD By Sawaki Masakazu (1839-1891), signed Masakazu 正一 Japan, Nagoya, second half of the 19th century Finely carved seated with her tail folded as a cushion for her breast-feeding child, her long hair flowing over the shoulders and down her back. Two himotoshi underneath and signed MASAKAZU within the curled tail. HEIGHT 3.7 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related wood netsuke of a ningyo with child, signed Masakazu, second half of the 19th century, 4 cm tall, illustrated in Patrizia Jirka-Schmitz (2000) Netsuke: Trumpf Collection, vol. 2, Linden Museum, 2000, p. 43, no. 8.

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